Written For:
- Day 23 of 366 Days of Writing Challenge: Hush
- February Event: (quote) "There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment." (Sarah Dessen), (colour) Lavender
- Word Prompt Express: heart
Pairings/Characters: Narcissa, Draco
Word Count: 222
Hush, Baby
I know it's mad, but if I go to hell, will you come with me or just leave?
Narcissa thought that she had truly experienced love when she met Lucius Malfoy, but that wasn't the case. She adored Lucius of course, and admired the man he was. He was attractive and intelligent, and his family wealth kept her in luxury. Perhaps she loved him, but she was never in love with him.
Her true love came when she gave birth to her son. She never expected it to hit her like it did, but it didn't matter. There was never a time or a place for true love. It happened accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment. Suddenly she was holding her baby boy in her arms, and Narcissa had never felt love like it.
"Hush, baby," she murmured as he whimpered, before setting him back down in his cot.
She sat his nursery for days at a time, feeling comforted by the lavender and blue decoration of the room. Draco's little whimpers and sounds made Narcissa's heart flutter each time she heard him, and when she cradled him in her arms, she couldn't understand why her older sister never wanted to have children. Draco was like her own personal drug. She never wanted to leave him.
